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Salutes and anthems at Terreblanche funeral

Thousands of white South Africans waved the flag of the apartheid state and gave the Nazi salute at the funeral of the diehard Afrikaner supremacist Eugene Terreblanche.

Mourners came from across the country, some carrying apartheid-era South African flags and the AWB banner, which is a three-pointed swastika.


Once an unflinching opponent of black rule, Mr Terreblanche had languished in obscurity after serving a term in jail for attempted murder.

Mr Terreblanche, 69, was killed by two of his farm labourers last weekend, ostensibly over a wage dispute but at a time when a national debate over race had descended into acrimony.

Read entire article at Telegraph (UK)